Top surnames from the 1881 census in Barwick, Somerset

Barwick is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Somerset

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
FORCE163.38276,956.52
HAWKINS163.382746.73
GILLINGHAM142.9598660.38
SMITH132.74841.95
NAPPER112.3256753.42
HIGGINS112.325646.01
MURLEY102.11421,562.50
WOODS102.114233.52
CAKE91.90271,836.73
FIELD91.902738.25
CURTIS91.902733.53
HODGES81.691357.68
LEWIS81.69136.43
BROWING81.69133,809.52
PIPE81.6913380.95
WILKINS81.691338.26
BROADWAY81.6913833.33
GABRIEL71.4799560.00
LUFFMAN71.47991,346.15
CHICK71.4799270.27
SLADE71.479974.15
BOWLES71.479990.44
BAILY71.4799234.11
HIBBERD61.2685206.19
POPE61.268536.81
PITMAN61.2685138.89
WEBB61.26859.36
GILLARD61.2685145.99
YEATES61.2685229.89
MARSH61.268517.78
GOODALL51.057149.36
CHILDS51.057157.54
CAPEL51.0571357.14
HAMBLIN51.0571233.64
PURCHASE51.0571308.64
FRANCIS51.057117.74
PATTEN51.0571168.35
CLOTHIER51.0571510.20
PUDDY51.0571909.09
FOSTER51.05717.91
LANGDON51.0571135.87
TRIM40.8457281.69
BROWNING40.845741.54
SIMS40.845728.21
POLLARD40.845723.19
HUMBER30.6342389.61
REEVES30.634215.49
ROBERTSON30.63423.79
WARREN30.63429.49
HARDING30.63428.76

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FORCE0.474736956.5217
BROWING0.474733809.5238
CAKE0.474731836.7347
MURLEY0.474731562.5000
LUFFMAN0.474731346.1538
HOLEMAN0.474731111.1111
AVANT0.47473909.0909
PUDDY0.47473909.0909
BROADWAY0.47473833.3333
SARTIN0.47473800.0000
NAPPER0.47473753.4247
GILLINGHAM0.47473660.3774
GABRIEL0.47473560.0000
CLOTHIER0.47473510.2041
WALDON0.47473392.1569
HUMBER0.47473389.6104
SOBEY0.47473384.6154
PIPE0.47473380.9524
HAZZARD0.47473370.3704
CAPEL0.47473357.1429
PURCHASE0.47473308.6420
ROUSELL0.47473285.7143
TRIM0.47473281.6901
CHICK0.47473270.2703
BAILY0.47473234.1137
HAMBLIN0.47473233.6449
CASTLEMAN0.47473232.5581
YEATES0.47473229.8851
SHIRE0.47473222.2222
HIBBERD0.47473206.1856
PATTEN0.47473168.3502
GILLARD0.47473145.9854
PITMAN0.47473138.8889
LANGDON0.47473135.8696
SANFORD0.47473113.6364
BOWLES0.4747390.4393
SLADE0.4747374.1525
HODGES0.4747357.6784
CHILDS0.4747357.5374
BOARD0.4747356.8182
DODGE0.4747353.7634
RENDELL0.4747350.5051
GOODALL0.4747349.3583
HAWKINS0.4747346.7290
HIGGINS0.4747346.0059
HOSKINS0.4747343.3839
BROWNING0.4747341.5369
WILKINS0.4747338.2592
FIELD0.4747338.2490
POPE0.4747336.8098

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 473 people called FORCE in Barwick at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 6956.5217 in Barwick means that 6956.5217% of the people in Barwick on census day were called FORCE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FORCE in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called FORCE as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called FORCE here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called FORCE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.47 in Barwick means that you are 0.47 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FORCE in Barwick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Barwick in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

AVANT (1)  BAILY (7)  BATTEN (1)  BOARD (1)  BOWLES (7)  BOYALL OR BOXALL (2)  BRIGGS (1)  BROADWAY (8)  BROWING (8)  BROWN (1)  BROWNING (4)  BUDGEN (2)  BUDGELL (3)  CAKE (9)  CASSWILL (1)  CASTLEMAN (1)  CAPEL (5)  CHEDZOY (4)  CHICK (7)  CHILDS (5)  CLOTHIER (5)  COLLINS (1)  CURTIS (9)  DYKE (1)  DIMMOCK (2)  DODGE (1)  ELLIOTT (1)  FIELD (9)  FORCE (16)  FOSTER (5)  FRANCIS (5)  GABRIEL (7)  GILLARD (6)  GILLINGHAM (14)  GOODALL (5)  HALL (2)  HAMBLIN (5)  HARDING (3)  HARWOOD (1)  HATCHER (1)  HAWKINS (16)  HAZZARD (2)  HIBBERD (6)  HIGGINS (11)  HITCHOCK (6)  HODGES (8)  HOLEMAN (1)  HOLMAN (HOLEMAN) (4)  HOSKINS (2)  HOWE (1)  HUMBER (3)  JONES (1)  KING (1)  LANGDON (5)  LEWIS (8)  LUFFMAN (7)  MALLOCK (3)  MARSH (6)  MASTERS (2)  MESSITER (4)  MURLEY (10)  MUDDAFORD (2)  NAPPER (11)  NOBLE (1)  NORMAN (1)  PATTEN (5)  PAVITT (5)  PAVORD (9)  PEARSON (1)  PURCHASE (5)  PERRY (1)  PIPE (8)  PITMAN (6)  POLLARD (4)  POOLE (1)  POPE (6)  PUDDY (5)  RENDELL (1)  REEVES (3)  ROBERTSON (3)  RODGERS (1)  ROUSELL (1)  RUSSELL (1)  SANFORD (1)  SARTAIN (SARTIN) (4)  SARTIN (2)  SHIRE (1)  SIMS (4)  SLADE (7)  SMITH (13)  SOBEY (2)  TAYLOR (2)  THORNE (2)  TRIM (4)  TURL (1)  TURNER (2)  TYPE (1)  WALDON (2)  WARREN (3)  WEBB (6)  WICKFORD (1)  WILKINS (8)  WOODS (10)  WOOLACOTT (7)  WOOLMINGTON (18)  WRIGHT (1)  YEATES (6)